Adobe flash professional CC gotoAndPlay bug - javascript

First of all, hello.
I have to develop a simple game in flash, usign HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript. The game, however poor, is pretty much implemented. My problem is, that after you play the game, it shows a try again button, designed to go back to frame 1. When i click the button it goes to frame 1 and returns to frame 25. Any ideas?
The last frame has this code:
var root = this;
this.stop();
this.tryAgain_btn.addEventListener("click", mouseClickHandler);
function mouseClickHandler(e) {
root.gotoAndPlay(0);
};
And frame one has this code:
var self = this;
this.stop();
this.play_btn.addEventListener("click", go);
function go()
{
self.gotoAndPlay(1);
}
Any ideas on how to solve this? Thank you.

Are you developing this in html5 or in actionscript? Based on your picture of your timeline it looks like you're using actionscript, not a HTML5 Canvas with javascript.
Besides that, try using gotoAndStop(1); rather than gotoAndPlay(0) and removing your stop(); methods. Let me know in the comments if it works but since your question is slightly unclear I don't have a grasp on what you're doing.
EDIT
Example, in case you don't understand:
var root = this;
this.stop();
this.tryAgain_btn.addEventListener("click", mouseClickHandler);
function mouseClickHandler(e) {
root.gotoAndStop(1);
}
EDIT 2
Take a shot at using
this.tryAgain_btn.addEventListener("click", function (event)
{
this.gotoAndPlay(1);
});

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